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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

클로슈

Pronunciation / Transliteration: keullosyu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cloche/klɒʃ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"웨이터가 요리를 보여주기 위해 클로슈를 들어 올렸다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A bell-shaped cover used in cooking to keep food warm or while cooking dishes, or in gardening to protect young plants from frost.

    "The waiter lifted the silver cloche with a flourish to reveal the roasted duck."
  2. 2

    A woman's close-fitting, bell-shaped hat that was popular during the 1920s.

    "She wore a stylish felt cloche pulled down low over her forehead."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old Northern French word cloque, meaning bell, originating from Medieval Latin clocca. Originally denoting a bell shape, it evolved into culinary and horticultural terminology in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe bell-shaped covers used for food service or plant protection.

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